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    My hen has a broken foot? Please see pictures.

    11 days ago I heard commotion, grabbed the rifle, ran outside and saw my hen, Miss Peewee, the only one with a name, being carried away in a coyote's mouth. Managed to shoot the coyote, my hen got away and scurried into the woods, but didn't see her again until 3 days later when she came...
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    A tumor?

    One if my chicks has something growing out of it's butt, looks like some sort of tumor, like a reddish, black color. It's a leghorn. None of the others have this, kind of gross looking. Is he sick?
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    Ways to not let the chicks get bored and start pecking each other

    We had one very aggressive chick, at just days old, and others that were becoming aggressive. 8 chicks total in a big box. 1) We got the red light as soon as it started happening, 2) I started handling the aggressive ones, seems when I put them back, they were all mellowed out. 3) We...
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    Typing with my chick

    I keep having to pull the aggressive chick aside and play with him. He likes it when I type and starts trying to peck the keys. So, not sure what to type, just cute watching him trying to help. Hopefully he will learn to get along with the others instead of just trying to peck at them...
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    Dealing with an aggressive chick

    Bill and I have not raised chickens in many years(this is Bobbi typing), I am wondering how to deal with a chick that just wants to poke the others' eyes out. They are supposed to be Rhode Island Reds, but there were 3 black ones in the mix. It's the black ones that seem to be causing the...
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    Hello from N Fla

    Have been browsing the forum for the past few weeks and decided to join. My chicks started to hatch this morning. I have not hatched any eggs for over thirty years and had forgotten alot, but thanks to this site my memory has been somewhat refreshed. I dug out an old incubator my dad bought when...
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